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Anti-Americanism: As German as Apple Strudel
PJ Media, by Bruce Bawer
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Posted By:Pluperfect, 2/12/2019 4:38:23 AM
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| The news came in a recent issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ): “Two years after President Trump´s inauguration, the Germans have lost much of their trust in the United States.” Eighty-five percent of respondents in an Atlantik-Brücke survey, reported FAZ, view the U.S. either “negatively” or “very negatively.” Many Germans look more favorably upon Communist China than upon the U.S.; more than half would like Germany to distance itself further from the U.S., with only thirteen percent wanting a closer relationship. Germans aren’t big on NATO, either: Only a quarter of those surveyed
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jl80863, 2/12/2019 5:25:06 AM (No. 11900420)
European arrogance toward the US has always existed despite the fact that they have been at war with one another since recorded history. It also seems the anti-Semitism was not forced on Europeans as recent events demonstrate. They are so smart they have welcomed the devil and his death cult into their midst. It won´t be long before they learn of their folly. Don´t expect the US to save Europe again.
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Pchristopher, 2/12/2019 5:30:42 AM (No. 11900423)
Oh, well gee! If the Frankfurter Allgemeine says we´d better get our act together I guess we should listen!! /s Nervy, mouthy people.
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Rinktum, 2/12/2019 6:21:12 AM (No. 11900436)
If Germany is not for us, then they are against us. So be it. We will just sit here and watch a bunch of seventh century barbarians destroy them from within. They have a lot of nerve dissing this country but maybe they are still smarting from the butt whoopin’ they received in WWII.
Merkel has been a disaster for Germany and is welcome to its anti-Americanism. They are not known for their ability to choose good leaders but apparently are excellent at following orders.
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RenoVet68, 2/12/2019 6:43:53 AM (No. 11900453)
German guilt.
To think how much money we spent restoring it under the Marshall plan, not to mention my part in enhancing the economy by consuming copious amounts of German beer during my 3 year tour in the late 60´s.
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doodah, 2/12/2019 6:58:57 AM (No. 11900467)
We were stationed in Mainz, Germany, years ago and we lived on "the economy". This meant we lived in a German neighborhood. We met the nicest folks and corresponded with several families for a few years after our tour. I believe it is the government and leaders of Germany, the elite, who are anti-America, they have a tendency to want to dislike other countries if they are successful, maybe jealousy...
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sabrajet, 2/12/2019 7:52:19 AM (No. 11900511)
I went there in November, I think like the French, they need American´s as tourist and our Military Bases to keep their economy going. They can live with out it but it goes along way in keeping them at the top of the European food chain. Remember the push in Germany to have us move our troops out during G W Bush´s first term, and when he took them up on the idea a plan load of German Mayor´s showed up in DC asking, pleading for us to stay? Don´t know where this pole comes from, but think not the average German is on board.
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Texas Tillie, 2/12/2019 8:34:17 AM (No. 11900562)
I´m 1/4 German except those ancestors left what is now Germany (then Prussia and Bavaria) around 1850 when the new state of Texas offered free land to those who would settle the area. I think the ones still there are just jealous.
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seamusm, 2/12/2019 8:41:26 AM (No. 11900570)
It will not be possible nor will the US be willing to save them again. Their Godless multicultural stupidity has let the devil in and Europeans no longer have the will to rid themselves of the menace. There are no more Queen Isabella´s. They are doomed. So who cares if they hate us - Europeans will be the next crowd of people sneaking across our borders.
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pete on the coast, 2/12/2019 12:16:24 PM (No. 11900804)
I don´t know how much stock to put in polls such as these. No doubt the leftist elites push Anti-American views onto a population that is probably just as susceptible to fake news as our last couple of generations. It is galling to consider the cost to America in lives and treasure to subdue the "bad" Germany, turn them into a "good" Germany and protect them from Russia post war, only to have a sizeable amount of the populace totally clueless and without gratitude.
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BookReader2, 2/12/2019 2:03:38 PM (No. 11900935)
I was in the Air Force two years at Rhein Main Air Base. Nearly all the people I met on and off base were friendly. The older Germans told me they were glad America had controlled part of Germany after the war. Their reason? "We saw the Russians and what they did." They were happy to have us around. The younger ones were idiots.
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